Brett Seay
Jul 5, 2020
Brett Seay of Chatom, 57, gained his angel wings on Sunday, July 5, 2020, after a brief and courageous battle with liver cancer. He was the son of the late Samuel C. and Frances Harkey Seay of Chatom. Brett was a 1981 graduate of Washington County High School and attended Livingston University. Throughout his life, he worked various jobs in...
Edith Sims
Jun 30, 2020
Edith Marie Sims, 84, of Coffeeville, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at Pineview Nursing Home in Waynesboro, MS. She was born in Coffeeville on March 19, 1936 to George Bedwell and Gladys Roberts Bedwell. A member of Center Point Baptist Church in Coffeeville, she enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She was an exceptional seamstress and...
Pamela Ryser
Jun 29, 2020
Pamela Ann Horton “Pam” Ryser, 68, of Jackson, passed away Monday, June 29, 2020 at her home. She was born June 13, 1952 in Grove Hill to the late Glover Wade Horton, Sr. and Gwendolyn Finch Horton. A member of Good Springs Baptist Church, she was previously employed with the Clarke County Board of Education as a first-grade teacher...
Lois Newton
Jun 24, 2020
Lois Wade Newton, 86, of Grove Hill, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at her residence. She was born February 3, 1934 in Fulton to Dr. John Robert Wade, Jr. and Vera Robinson Wade. A retired secretary at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital, she was also a member at Bassett Creek Baptist Church. She enjoyed watching Bill Gaither videos, reading and...
Isiah Tarver
Jun 24, 2020
Isiah Lee Tarver, 85, of Chatom, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at his residence surrounded by family. He was born in Millry on April 5, 1935 to Claude Franklin Tarver and Pearly L. Carney Tarver. He had been employed as a truck driver with Angeline Trucking in Chatom and was a member of Tibbie Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting,...
Annie Loper
Jun 19, 2020
Annie Grace Loper, 98, of Fruitdale, passed away Friday, June 19, 2020 at Washington County Hospital. She was born January 18, 1922 in Cullumburg to Lemon Bowen Underwood and Lola Mae Hartley Underwood. A member of Four Points Baptist Church, she had been employed as a seamstress with Vanity Fair. She was a hard-working woman who enjoyed gardening, cooking and...
Carolyn Pierce
Jun 19, 2020
Carolyn Faye Pierce, 76, of Deer Park, passed away Friday, June 19, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Leakesville, MS to Percy and Audrey Middleton on July 22, 1943. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling the United States and spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, John Wayne Pierce; son, Jerry Pierce...
Virginia Cauley
Jun 18, 2020
Dr. Virginia Elizabeth Cauley, 88, passed away June 18, 2020 at Azalea Trace Nursing Home in Pensacola, FL due to complications of the COVID virus. She was born in Barlow Bend on October 24, 1931 to Earl Leon and Virginia Flinn Cauley, the third of four children. She loved her brothers, Carl, Robert and Clyde, all of whom preceded her...
Sarah Smith
Jun 17, 2020
Sarah Lou Jones Smith, 85, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at her residence surrounded by family. She was born in Crystal, Indiana on September 7, 1934 to Perry and Iva Jones. She had been employed as a seamstress and clerk with local dry-cleaning establishments. She was a member of the Old South Antique Car Club and...
Tommie Knapp
Jun 16, 2020
Tommie Irene Knapp, 71, of Saraland, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Hawthorn on November 24, 1948 to Lewis and Irene Parnell. She retired as a credit representative and customer service agent with J&J Furniture. She enjoyed professional and college football and baseball, crossword puzzles and watching television. Her greatest joy, however, was...
Erwin Tillman
Jun 13, 2020
Erwin Eugene Tillman, Jr. 77, of Leroy, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born in Mobile on December 24, 1942 to Erwin E. Tillman, Sr. and Etta Elase Hudson Tillman. He was a member of Jackson First Assembly of God. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he was a member of the West Mobile...
Terry Cartwright
Jun 12, 2020
Terry L. Cartwright, 68, of Fruitdale, passed away Friday, June 12, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Yellow Pine on March 12, 1952 to Chess and Nancy Cartwright. A family man, he also enjoyed spending time fishing, mowing grass and mechanic work. He was a retired truck driver who used the CB handle “Easy Money.” He was preceded...
Margarette Smith
Jun 6, 2020
Margarette Ann Smith, 85, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Grove Hill on November 1, 1934 to William “Sam” James and Mary Lou Odom James. She retired with the credit bureau in Houston, TX and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. She enjoyed reading and window shopping. She was preceded...
Marion Bumpers
Jun 5, 2020
Marion “Bumpy” Bumpers, 93, of Grove Hill, passed away Friday, June 5, 2020 at Jackson Medical Center. She was born in Selma on August 6, 1926 to Robert Albert Bumpers and Martha Williams Bumpers, both of who preceded her in death. Although she never married or had any children of her own, Bumpy dedicated her life to teaching children...
Jerry Butts
Jun 1, 2020
Jerry Thomas Butts, 70, of Grove Hill, passed away Monday, June 1, 2020 at his residence. He was born September 20, 1949 to Thomas and Nell Jackson Butts. A member of Stave Creek Baptist Church, he enjoyed spending time with his family and having family cookouts, cutting grass, washing his cars and riding his Ranger ATV. He was also a...
Donna Davis
May 26, 2020
Donna Lynn Davis, 51, of Chatom, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born in Roanoke on February 17, 1969 to Henry W. Sheppard, Sr. and Linda Lynch Sheppard. She was employed as the activities coordinator at Washington County Nursing Home and was a member of Millry Holiness Church where she served as the church pianist...
Elton Williams
May 23, 2020
Elton Wade Williams, 66, of Fruitdale, passed away May 23, 2020 at his residence. He was born August 12, 1953 to Thomas G. Williams and Claire Williams. A 1971 graduate of Fruitdale High School where he was an honor student, he loved his Fruitdale Pirates football and baseball team. He earned a degree in forestry from Mississippi State University in...
Zachary Thornton
May 21, 2020
Zachary Jeremiah “Zack” Thornton, 17, of St. Stephens, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2020 in Wagarville. He was born in Jackson on March 12, 2003 to Holly Morris and Jacob Thornton. A proud member of the Leroy High School Bruin Band, he was also a member of the drama club and the Vocational Technical Program. His many hobbies included fishing,...
Robert Dickinson
May 20, 2020
Bobby C. Dickinson Jr., 62, of Gosport, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at his residence. He was born November 18, 1957 to Robert C. and Carolyn Chapman Dickinson. While attending Livingston University, he started his own timber company that became a successful, lifelong passion. He enjoyed hunting, watching Auburn University football and spending time with his family. He...
Straughter "Butch" Dungan
May 19, 2020
Straughter J. “Butch” Dungan, 67, of Millry, passed away May 19, 2020 at his residence. He was born December 7, 1952 in Leakesville, MS to Rue Merrill Dungan and Margaret Harris Dungan. A self-employed logger, he enjoyed spending time with his family, hunting, fishing and watching The University of Alabama football. He was preceded in death by his parents;...
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